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by Apollo XX
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: The Imager's Studio
Topic: February Snow Moon Rising
Replies: 3
Views: 36223

February Snow Moon Rising

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As seen last night along the Russia/Siberia border...I mean Rte.105 in Middleboro, where it was just as darned cold! :D

Mike M.
by Apollo XX
Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 2
Views: 29642

Re: Happy New Year

Same to you, Mark! Here's a little something I had put together for the SSAS folks, but applies equally well here too;

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Keep Looking Up!

Mike M.
by Apollo XX
Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Christmas Tree Cluster
Replies: 1
Views: 22785

Re: Christmas Tree Cluster

The Christmas Tree Cluster is one of those objects that has to be seen in the eyepiece to appreciate. I find that the 'tree' form stands right out to me even in a scope under 6" when the moon isn't in the sky. A mistake commonly made by observers looking for it is thinking that the Cone Nebula ...
by Apollo XX
Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: SpaceX Starlink array pass over
Replies: 3
Views: 14207

Re: SpaceX Starlink array pass over

Hi Pete, We caught it here on the Gurnet. Very spaced out now. The other night they were very tight. It's interesting and disturbing at the same time. I can no longer buy into any recycling/global warming/climate change garbage, but the satellites are very pretty going across the sky. StarLink Oct5'...
by Apollo XX
Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: SpaceX Starlink array pass over
Replies: 3
Views: 14207

Re: SpaceX Starlink array pass over

Hi Pete, We caught it here on the Gurnet. Very spaced out now. The other night they were very tight. It's interesting and disturbing at the same time. I can no longer buy into any recycling/global warming/climate change garbage, but the satellites are very pretty going across the sky. StarLink Oct5'...
by Apollo XX
Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Visual objects for October class?
Replies: 1
Views: 1769

Re: Visual objects for October class?

Open clusters: NGC 457 in Cassiopeia, aka the Owl, E.T., or Dragonfly. IC 4756 in Serpens, aka the Tweedledee cluster...simply stunning at low power. NGC 752 in Andromeda. Binoculars: Davis' Airplane in Cassiopeia, situated immediately west of M52, just over one binocular field north of Caph...follo...
by Apollo XX
Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: The Imager's Studio
Topic: M71 Globular Cluster
Replies: 4
Views: 4431

Re: M71 Globular Cluster

M71 is an underappreciated visual object. A few years ago up at Stellafane a friend put it in the eyepiece of his 18" Newt at high power...it looked like this;

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Mike M.
by Apollo XX
Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: The Imager's Studio
Topic: M73 Open Cluster or asterism??
Replies: 5
Views: 4693

Re: M73 Open Cluster or asterism??

One thing Roger didn't mention about that asterism is the overall dimness of it. The brightest star at lower left is 10.35, the one above it is 11.25, the one to the right of it is 11.85, while the far right one is 11.7 mag. That makes me wonder if Messier saw anything at all in his small scope, and...
by Apollo XX
Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: The Imager's Studio
Topic: M73 Open Cluster or asterism??
Replies: 5
Views: 4693

Re: M73 Open Cluster or asterism??

I remember looking at this thing when I was completing my observations for the AL Messier observing club and thinking that it was a mistake. In the 4.5" scope I was using under less than stellar sky conditions it was three stars and that's about it. There are a few objects across the list that ...
by Apollo XX
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:19 pm
Forum: The Imager's Studio
Topic: Scenic Supermoon
Replies: 2
Views: 1154

Re: Scenic Supermoon

Very pretty shot, Steve. I can definitely see the size difference. :wink:

Mike M.